Project research methods
Our locations
The research was undertaken in two neighbourhoods - Lozells and East Handsworth and Ladywood – located within the super-diverse city of Birmingham (UK).
Changing diversity in the neighbourhood, Handsworth
“This building used to be a church. It shows the change in the population. The church was not used and sold eventually to be turned into a mosque”
(Photo Project Participant 3, Indian ‘Old’ migrant, Handsworth).
Places feel threatened / unsafe, Ladywood
“This is a building in the park and it is abandoned. It looks amazing but it is derelict and unsafe. It used to attract lots of people smoking joints…..Also, people dump rubbish there which something I would not like to see in the park”
(Photo Project Participant 15, Spanish ‘Old’ migrant, Ladywood).
The former is a traditional reception area for immigrants and where ‘old’ immigrants (those who arrived in the UK more than five years ago) outnumber ‘new’ migrants (those who have arrived in the last five years). Nearly half the population was born outside of the UK. Ladywood - on the other hand, received the highest numbers of new immigrants (those who arrived in the last ten years) compared to any other part of the city and where nearly two-thirds of the population was born in the UK. In total, 152 questionnaires, 40 in-depth interviews (migrants and non-migrants) and 20 ‘photo projects’ were conducted.